NeilF Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I don't think I have ever seen a members birthday reported on the main page. Does that mean none of us is getting any older - woopee. NeilF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Ive lost me slippers so I go upstairs to look look for what says it all pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 You can add your birthday to your profile - and if you do then the Forum software will announce your birthday for everyone to know about. If you don't add you birthday to your profile then I guess that you don't get any older Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Ive lost me slippers so I go upstairs to look look for what says it all pete And half way up, you can’t remember if you’re going up or down….. Happens to us all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juppy Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 What you need is a Turbo Stanna stair lift to get you to the top before you forget what you were going up for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 as i arrived 3 months early at 3.5 lbs can i have two birfdays like the queen ??? just entered mine and its along wait for any prezzies, and bum the years go back far enough to add mine Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 I installed one for my Mum, thought about 3 phase to speed her up and out thro the landing window its since been installed (by me) in three other houses and 20yrs on still going strong at 93 she popped to hospital and the social/health (complete prat) decided assistance wasnt required as she could take the vacuum cleaner up stairs by putting it on the stair lift.....when asked who would take it off when it was up the top I got that strange professional blank expression of an expert , have to question where do some of these muppets come from. thank heavens there's some good ones pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Granny through the window, that was Gremlins, wasn't it? Memory intact! Well, selectively anyway. My Mum is 92, she's off to Berwick on the bus today to pay in her premium bond winnings, then to the pub for lunch, then taxi home. Then this afternoon, feet up, watching the snooker. She has a bungalow, you'll have to get one Pete! I put my birthdate on my profile and sure enough got a greeting. Most gratifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 bungalow.....no stairs ... there's .no excuse for forgetting where youre going Hmmmm !!! now we have to sing happy birfday for doug ......................Noooooooo !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Now why did I log on? Roger (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Thursday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 I wait till wednesday to get the diamond ( old git) discount t at B Q then find the membership card is left at home or dougs got it ,things only need fixing on a Thursday there's no hope Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 I've got one of those! The Wednesday allure of B&Q is coupled with the McDonalds next door. I know, don't say it. I recently bought some board from B&Q to replace the sunken luggage floor in my GT6. Very pleased with the results and from now on the heaviest thing that's going in the back is carpet. No sacks of cement or sand, no engines, no people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 You cant park on wednesdays it full of old gits so had to park in aldi next door And ive got a 7 seat Picasso for Jill and I Just in case I forget where to sit , pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 My B&Q has installed enormous speed bumps on the entry roundabout, the GT6 would never make it. But then I'm think, my baffles have gone and I need a new one, so.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 the only common thing about speed hump design is They are all different most are just spring impactors when the road past the truck factory was private Rootes installed speed humps around 1963 these were about 15 inch tall and 30ft across to accommodated all wheel bases and the drive over was flowed and smooth for car and truck, when took over by council they removed them and its reverted to a racetrack ....progress !!! or what These controlled to around 15/25mph but at 50 you could fly over them without feeling a thing, Take off, did wonders for old escorts with stuffed track control arm ball joints .. Ping yee haaa !!! Ha ha! yes there were prats about in those days too. im my new Hillman Imp it needed about 60mph , its all in the wheel base. have a nice week end Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.leah Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hmm... getting in the car, driving to B&Q and walking in and then having no idea at all as to why you are there....... :lol: As a new driver in 1987 I frightened myself stupid when I did a 180 in my VW Beetle..... Later had a Morris Ital Estate that rolled quite well round corners. Someone following me asked (after we stopped...) if the body was actually attached to the suspension!! And speaking of driving like a loony again.... back in the 90's I had a couple of twin wheel Transits (4 wheel rear axel). They were fun ;) Practiced my rally driving in one on more than one occasion Wheel spinning the rear axel was cool too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Thursday? Yes I am, must get another pint in…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitessefrance Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 How Old is grandma? Thought you may all get a smile and give some thought to this one! Stay with this -- the answer is at the end. It will blow you away. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandmother replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before: ' television ' penicillin ' polio shots ' frozen foods ' contact lenses ' Frisbees and ' the pill There were no:' credit cards ' laser beams or ' ball-point pens Man had not yet invented: dishwashers ' clothes dryers and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and man hadn't yet walked on the moon Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir”and after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title "Sir." We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers and group therapy. Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to standup and take responsibility for our own actions. Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege. We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins. Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends -not shopping. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CD's, electric typewriters, yogurt or guys wearing earrings. We listened to Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the Queens speeches on our radios. I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Bill Haley. If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan ' on it, it was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam. Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a bus, and a Coke were all 5 old pennies and if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your 5p on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards. You could buy a new Ford Anglia for £600, but who could afford one? Too bad, because petrol was 11p a gallon. In my day: "grass" was mowed, "coke" was a cold drink, "pot" was something your mother cooked in and "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby. "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office, "chip" meant a piece of wood, "hardware" was found in a hardware store and "software" wasn't even a word. And we were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap. Soo..... How old do you think I am? I bet you have this real old lady in mind. You are in for a shock! Read on to see -- pretty scary if you think about it and pretty sad at the same time. Are you ready????? This woman would be only 63 years old, Born in 1952. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted March 22, 2015 Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 I shouldn't have read this post. I was born in 1953 so can identyfy with the above When I first bought petrol for my motorbike it was 6/8 (6 shillings & 8 pence) for a gallon, a pint of beer was 1/10, 2 shillings for the good stuff. .When I started work my salary was just Under £1000 and my first pay increase took me into 4 figures and it felt great. That salary was per year by the way. Now if you want to talk about computers: They filled whole rooms, used punched cards and took all night to calculate anything more complex than 2 + 2. It was a major advance when we had computers that fitted on a desk and used cassette tapes to store data on. If you wanted to print anything out you used a dot matrix printer that was so slow you had time to have a cup of tea before it finished printing the first page, not that it printed by the page the paper was continuous folded sheets with perforations between the pages. Now where did I leave my Zimmer frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 First year apprentice pay at Commer Cars was £2 9s 3d a week. 1962 and that paid my mum 30bob left enough for a trip to the flicks and some good pocket money in 64 have enought to buy my first car a mk5 Hilman minx side valve, £65 but with askimmed head in the training school a Talbot manifold and nicked carb , washers under the valve springs and large copper exhaust she would pull 7000rpm and take on a PA Cresta with ease......till a piston crown took off, it would shear crown wheel bolts and tear the hub off the half shafts if you booted of the lights , bright red and the local police would pull it up and ask where is the fire , phew never a ticket life was simple but more fun pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 My first year apprenticeship pay (1964) was £3 19s 6d. But not all bad, I new a pub selling beer for 10p a pint. That was the rough stuff, best bitter was 1 shilling, at today's prices 5 new pence a pint. 20 pints for £1! My wages could buy me 80 pints a week. That's roughly 4000 pints a year, at today's prices that would be around £16,000 a year. Makes you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 £3 19s 6p a week, not a year. Times were tough but not that tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 the paper was continuous folded sheets with perforations between the pages. It used to be great fun at Christmas as if you left the Telex machine running all night, someone in a far distant office would have sent you an entire life-size Christmas tree printed in joined sheets of paper. You could then just lift it off the floor and hang it on the wall. 3d printing….? bah humbug. It was more fun in those days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 We had a holerith which ran on the punched cards , the piercing got used for confetti and throwing at the unaware 40 years on it still comes out from bodily places of darkness pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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